Nvidia Fermi GF100 working desktop card spotted on Facebook

[zalbard]

Looks just as long as 5870 to me.
Also 8+6 pin power, which means that 225W TDP rumour was about right.

[N19h7m4r3]

Why is there a second setup above the NV one with an old Audigy 2 soundcard in it?

Today's onboard sound is better, hmm I might be paranoid but maybe they're using that soundcard to block the view of an 5870.

Which could have been used to run the benchmark?

[VoodooProphetII]

If the shoe fits, I'll wear it. But unfortunately it is a little too big for me.

[kadozer]

Why is there a second setup above the NV one with an old Audigy 2 soundcard in it?

Today's onboard sound is better, hmm I might be paranoid but maybe they're using that soundcard to block the view of an 5870.

Which could have been used to run the benchmark?

You are on to something. You can definitely make out the fan spinning of another video card.

[Solus Corvus]

There is definitely the front of a video card (or some kind of card) behind the sound card. I don't see any red though - which would be a dead giveaway for a 5xxx card. We need one of those resolution enhancers from tv shows that makes you able to zoom in on a suspect's skin pores from a low resolution convenience store security camera.

[Tim]

Why is there a second setup above the NV one with an old Audigy 2 soundcard in it?

Today's onboard sound is better, hmm I might be paranoid but maybe they're using that soundcard to block the view of an 5870.

Which could have been used to run the benchmark?

loool please no.

A lot of rigs used by Engineers have got older hardware in them. Do you need an X-fi for debugging purposes? Don't think so.

Look here for instance :

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/mem...n-california/4

Are those S3 virge's and Sis 305's I can see????? NOOO They must be hiding something!1!1


And what do I see there? The Fermi rig doesn't have a soundcard installed? How weird! There must be some secret conspiracy going on!

Come on guys, give me a break.


Fermi A2 silicon is alive and kicking

A3 should be the one to ship



For evaluation purposes, testing, playing and toying, Nvidia has been using A2 silicon in its pre-production Fermi-based Geforce cards. The company has quite a few of them inside its fortress and still has not shipped many samples outside of its offices, as it is afraid of leaks.


We have been informed that the A3 version of the chip should be the final one to ship in retail and that the current situation seems feasible for a January launch. However, this launch is likely to take place after CES.

The performance of A2 silicon is good but for some reason, Nvidia has decided to go for A3 silicon on its retail products. This inevitably caused a delay and forced Nvidia to push the product from November to January, and we hope for Nvidia's sake that this will be the last delay.

Multiple internal sources are claiming that January should be the time that the company might start selling Fermi-based Geforce desktop cards.

Source : Fudzilla

[ajaidev]

I still use Sound blaster 24bit and hell its a sound blaster, older techies have heard more about sound blaster series than Audigy/XFi But it does not mean that i love my xfi any less....

If a desktop version of fermi does not come till jan end i am walking "Quite literary to AMD's 5970 store"

[N19h7m4r3]

loool please no.

A lot of rigs used by Engineers have got older hardware in them. Do you need an X-fi for debugging purposes? Don't think so.

Look here for instance :

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/mem...n-california/4

Are those S3 virge's and Sis 305's I can see????? NOOO They must be hiding something!1!1


And what do I see there? The Fermi rig doesn't have a soundcard installed? How weird! There must be some secret conspiracy going on!

Come on guys, give me a break.


Fermi A2 silicon is alive and kicking



Source : Fudzilla

If that's the case, why not use the onboard sound for debugging.

But Like I said, maybe I'm going paranoid with all this NV stuff.

I do love NV cards, My X2 was the first ATI card I've used since an old 2900gt.

But that seems a little odd to me.

[Nedjo]

probably the most desperate spoiler ever - facebook pic... pff!

[Piotrsama]

Guys, you all have it wrong... That hidden card it's not an ATI.
The card in the background, the one that is doing the real job is..... a working Larrabee card.
Given by Otellini himself to Jen-Hsun Huang, in a secret meeting where they shook hands and swore eternal friendship.

After that, the evil JHH got that nasty idea of faking a fermi with the legendary card.


j/k
(in case somebody doesn't get it)

[FlanK3r]

its fake, watch better at this photo (photoshop )

[zalbard]

its fake, watch better at this photo (photoshop )

Um, proof?
Post some image or something?

[trinibwoy]

Im waiting for the Huang isan alien theory. No sound card means it's fake? Lol I felt stupid just typing that.

[Particle]

Hyaruaang is an alien.

I really doubt they're trying to pull one over. They've got little reason to. We know they've got silicon, and it surely can run 3D at SOME speed. No FPS counter makes sense.

Also, an argument isn't ad hominem if the person doesn't try and use the attack as proof of a point. You can make fun of someone all you want to in a valid argument.

[d33f]

I too think this is just another part of the faking business of Nvidia. As you can also see on the picture is the amount of cables comming from the top setup going to the bottom and supposingly to the monitor.

Sorry but Nvidia lost there credibility to many times with there BS propoganda.

They look like kids proving that they are the best without HARD evidence, please Nvidia grow up, and go make decent GPU's instead of this childish business

[highoctane]

I'm not going to speculate on the whether its the real deal or not but at this point one should expect they would have some form of working silicon.

As for the other systems in the picture, this is probably a lab with multiple systems probably using kvm switches. Personally I would expect no less than to see all kinds of different hardware running at the same location that components engineered & validated would be operating.

I would imagine they debug & validate the hardware with various different hardware components to make sure there are not issues under a multitude of hardware combinations with hardware and drivers.

[FischOderAal]

Wow, I can barely see through all this reflected light from the tinfoil hats.

NVIDIA has a bad reputation when it comes down to PR (oh well, which company doesn't?) but there's no reason for them to fake it. NVIDIA is said to have working silicon and the picture just shows "it works", nothing more. I don't see a plausible reason that they faked it.

[ethomaz]

Fermi demo at SC09. 6.2x faster than GT200???

YouTube - Demonstration of NVidia Fermi (Fermi vs. GT 200)

Source: http://www.vizworld.com/2009/11/nvidias-fermi-sc09/

[highoctane]

Fermi demo at SC09. 6.2x faster than GT200???

YouTube - Demonstration of NVidia Fermi (Fermi vs. GT 200)

Source: http://www.vizworld.com/2009/11/nvidias-fermi-sc09/

Interesting!

[Sadasius]

Isn't that the same BS video to show the difference between the CPU and GPU in precision that they had with the fake wood screw Fermi presentation?

[Tim]

Fermi demo at SC09. 6.2x faster than GT200???

YouTube - Demonstration of NVidia Fermi (Fermi vs. GT 200)

Source: http://www.vizworld.com/2009/11/nvidias-fermi-sc09/

Wow, very impressive. I'm really getting excited to see how fast Fermi is in games. Hopefully a revolution in speed.

[Glow9]

I'm sure many struggling firms will pick up hundreds of these. lol buying a card that costs as much as an VW yet knowing a gpu that will cost $500 has the same gpu in it makes a lot of sense.

[tbone8ty]

great were getting tech news off facebook now!? haha jeez

[Piotrsama]

great were getting tech news off facebook now!? haha jeez

And not to forget the fermi "review" that surfaced on Youtube like one month ago!

[highoctane]

great were getting tech news off facebook now!? haha jeez

Well considering its from Nvidia themselves and they happen to use a facebook page whats the big deal???

http://www.facebook.com/NVIDIA?_fb_noscript=1